1 00:00:12,820 --> 00:00:14,500 Good morning. Dale Jennings with the latest news. 2 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:16,940 Dire Straits have commenced their Australian tour amidst... 3 00:00:16,940 --> 00:00:18,820 (SIGHS) Mate, newsreading - not for everyone. 4 00:00:18,820 --> 00:00:19,060 (SIGHS) Mate, newsreading - Is it a vocal thing? 5 00:00:19,060 --> 00:00:20,220 Is it a vocal thing? 6 00:00:21,180 --> 00:00:23,380 HELEN: You know, I am a disaster. 7 00:00:23,380 --> 00:00:27,220 But I'm also relentless. I reckon we can make you a newsreader. 8 00:00:27,220 --> 00:00:31,500 EVELYN: If you or the network mistreat my husband in any way, 9 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:34,140 the public response will be utterly devastating. 10 00:00:34,140 --> 00:00:37,540 But I think we may have reached the end of the line. 11 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:37,780 But I think we may have reached How about I go to the press 12 00:00:37,780 --> 00:00:38,980 How about I go to the press 13 00:00:38,980 --> 00:00:43,020 and detail how I've been treated by this network after 30 years?! 14 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:45,380 Noelene confirmed the quote was false. 15 00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:48,340 And you're coming to see me after the bulletin. 16 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:50,580 ROB: You can come back in on Monday. You're the best one there, Noel. 17 00:00:50,580 --> 00:00:54,220 Hey, Noelene, would you like to come out for a drink at the pub? 18 00:00:54,220 --> 00:00:57,500 Has anything like this happened since you were a teenager? 19 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:01,300 The things that I hid are the things that I don't want to resist. 20 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:03,940 I have these feelings. They won't go away. 21 00:01:03,940 --> 00:01:04,180 I have these feelings. But neither will my feelings for you. 22 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:06,100 But neither will my feelings for you. 23 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:09,140 I love you just the way you are. And I'm gonna be right next to you. 24 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:09,380 I love you just the way you are. Good evening. I'm Helen Norville. 25 00:01:09,380 --> 00:01:11,180 Good evening. I'm Helen Norville. 26 00:01:11,180 --> 00:01:11,420 And I'm Dale Jennings. Good evening. I'm Helen Norville. 27 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:14,500 And I'm Dale Jennings. You are watching News At Six. 28 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:17,700 (DOOR OPENS) MAN: This way, please. 29 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:19,380 (FOOTSTEPS) MAN: And big laugh. 30 00:01:19,380 --> 00:01:19,620 (FOOTSTEPS) (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 31 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:21,300 (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 32 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:21,540 That's it. Keep watching me (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 33 00:01:21,540 --> 00:01:24,180 That's it. Keep watching me for the cues. 34 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:24,420 That's it. Keep watching me (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 35 00:01:24,420 --> 00:01:26,180 (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) 36 00:01:26,180 --> 00:01:29,140 (1980s SYNTH POP PLAYS) 37 00:01:34,340 --> 00:01:36,500 MAN: # With an endless desire 38 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,700 # Oh, I kept on searching 39 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,940 # Sure in time our eyes would meet 40 00:01:42,940 --> 00:01:45,020 # Like a bridge that's on fire 41 00:01:45,020 --> 00:01:48,260 # The hurt is over, baby 42 00:01:48,260 --> 00:01:51,140 # One touch and you set me free 43 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:56,340 # Mmm, I don't regret a single moment 44 00:01:56,340 --> 00:01:56,580 # Mmm, I don't regret # No, I don't 45 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,540 # No, I don't 46 00:01:58,540 --> 00:02:01,420 # Looking back 47 00:02:01,420 --> 00:02:05,020 # When I think of all those disappointments 48 00:02:05,020 --> 00:02:06,580 # Well, I just laugh 49 00:02:06,580 --> 00:02:08,580 # Ha! I just laugh 50 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:13,100 # When the river was deep, I didn't falter 51 00:02:13,100 --> 00:02:17,180 # When the mountain was high, I still believed 52 00:02:17,180 --> 00:02:21,500 # When the valley was low, it didn't stop me 53 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:22,900 # No, no 54 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:25,100 # I knew you were waiting 55 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:27,700 # I knew you were waiting for me 56 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,180 # I didn't falter # Oh, no 57 00:02:30,180 --> 00:02:34,060 # When the mountain was high # I still believed 58 00:02:34,060 --> 00:02:36,300 # I still believed # When the valley was low 59 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:39,100 # When the valley was low, it didn't stop me 60 00:02:39,100 --> 00:02:39,340 # When the valley was low, # No, I knew you were waiting 61 00:02:39,340 --> 00:02:42,020 # No, I knew you were waiting 62 00:02:42,020 --> 00:02:48,060 # I knew you were waiting for me. # 63 00:02:48,060 --> 00:02:50,500 (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 64 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:54,020 Please thank the Tony Bartuccio Dancers! 65 00:02:54,020 --> 00:02:54,260 Please thank You ready? 66 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:55,700 You ready? 67 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:57,940 OK, so, just remember, he's not gonna stick to the script 68 00:02:57,940 --> 00:03:00,500 and he kind of likes it if you tease him a little bit. 69 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:02,380 What? (CLEARS THROAT) 70 00:03:02,380 --> 00:03:06,940 Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo! Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo! 71 00:03:06,940 --> 00:03:09,180 Are we lucky? Yes! 72 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:10,340 Well done. 73 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:13,780 Now, three more sleeps till election day. 74 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:16,020 Are we all exhausted yet? (AUDIENCE MURMURS) 75 00:03:16,020 --> 00:03:17,060 I certainly am. 76 00:03:17,060 --> 00:03:18,860 Hawke and Howard, Keating and Peacock, 77 00:03:18,860 --> 00:03:21,820 well, it's all just a blurry sea of very bushy eyebrows 78 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:24,180 at this point, isn't it? (LAUGHTER) 79 00:03:24,180 --> 00:03:26,420 Now, my next guests have been there 80 00:03:26,420 --> 00:03:30,060 for every twist, every turn, every insult of the campaign, 81 00:03:30,060 --> 00:03:30,300 for every twist, every turn, and they are, of course, 82 00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:31,860 and they are, of course, 83 00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:35,100 News At Six's very own golden couple of news. 84 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:39,660 Please welcome the magnificent Miss Helen Norville and Mr Dale Jennings. 85 00:03:39,660 --> 00:03:41,900 (BIG BAND PLAYS LIVELY INTRO) 86 00:03:46,620 --> 00:03:49,140 Wow. Wow. What can I say? 87 00:03:49,140 --> 00:03:50,620 You look beautiful. Thank you. 88 00:03:52,060 --> 00:03:53,700 Gerry. Good to see you. Yeah. 89 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:56,060 Whoo! 90 00:03:59,420 --> 00:04:01,380 Now, tell me... 91 00:04:01,380 --> 00:04:01,620 Oh, is there still anything left Now, tell me... 92 00:04:01,620 --> 00:04:04,580 Oh, is there still anything left to discuss about this election? 93 00:04:04,580 --> 00:04:04,820 Oh, is there still anything left Well, I think this election might be 94 00:04:04,820 --> 00:04:06,580 Well, I think this election might be 95 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,460 a lot closer than people think, Gerry. 96 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:09,900 Really, Dale? Yes. 97 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:12,860 Well, people are tipping for a Hawke re-election, 98 00:04:12,860 --> 00:04:15,260 but I'm not so sure, and like any election night, 99 00:04:15,260 --> 00:04:20,380 there might be some...turns, some twists, some surprises, 100 00:04:20,380 --> 00:04:22,900 some bad losers, possibly even some tears. 101 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:24,820 Mmm. But all of that will be coming from me. 102 00:04:24,820 --> 00:04:25,060 Mmm. But all of that (LAUGHTER) 103 00:04:25,060 --> 00:04:27,300 (LAUGHTER) 104 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:29,900 Now, now, the pair of you. 105 00:04:29,900 --> 00:04:33,460 Two newsreaders in a relationship. Can we talk about that? 106 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:33,700 Two newsreaders in a relationship. Be careful, Gerry! 107 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:34,940 Be careful, Gerry! 108 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:37,700 Oh, I don't think you can lecture me about good behaviour, Miss Norville. 109 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:37,940 Oh, I don't think you can lecture me (LAUGHTER) 110 00:04:37,940 --> 00:04:38,940 (LAUGHTER) 111 00:04:38,940 --> 00:04:39,180 Your voices are always so... (LAUGHTER) 112 00:04:39,180 --> 00:04:42,740 Your voices are always so... calm and polished. 113 00:04:42,740 --> 00:04:45,580 What I want to know is what happens when you have an argument. 114 00:04:45,580 --> 00:04:45,820 What I want to know is what happens (LAUGHS) Oh, well... 115 00:04:45,820 --> 00:04:47,460 (LAUGHS) Oh, well... 116 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:49,940 Well, we don't really have any arguments, do we? 117 00:04:49,940 --> 00:04:52,380 Well, I actually find it quite useful. 118 00:04:52,380 --> 00:04:53,940 "Crossing now to the kitchen, 119 00:04:53,940 --> 00:04:56,540 "where Dale has forgotten to take out the rubbish." 120 00:04:56,540 --> 00:04:56,780 "where Dale has forgotten (LAUGHTER) 121 00:04:56,780 --> 00:04:57,940 (LAUGHTER) 122 00:04:57,940 --> 00:04:59,580 You spend your whole working day together, 123 00:04:59,580 --> 00:05:01,860 you read the news together, you go home together. 124 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:02,980 That's right. Yeah. 125 00:05:02,980 --> 00:05:05,260 Well, at what point do you run out of things to say? 126 00:05:05,260 --> 00:05:05,500 Well, at what point do you Well, the news never stops, Gerry. 127 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,420 Well, the news never stops, Gerry. 128 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:11,100 One always has a lot to talk about, especially in an election year. 129 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:12,860 This is... Alright, Dale. 130 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:14,220 It's not election night yet. At ease. 131 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:14,460 It's not election night yet. (LAUGHTER) 132 00:05:14,460 --> 00:05:16,740 (LAUGHTER) 133 00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:22,500 Now, in 1986, you delivered us all a newsroom romance. 134 00:05:23,980 --> 00:05:26,180 In 1987... 135 00:05:26,180 --> 00:05:29,300 ..can we...expect a newsroom wedding? 136 00:05:29,300 --> 00:05:31,860 AUDIENCE: Oooh! Mmm. 137 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:34,940 (CHUCKLES) "Uh, crossing now to Dale Jennings." 138 00:05:34,940 --> 00:05:35,180 (CHUCKLES) "Uh, crossing now (LAUGHTER) 139 00:05:35,180 --> 00:05:36,420 (LAUGHTER) 140 00:05:36,420 --> 00:05:37,860 Well, thanks, Helen. 141 00:05:39,780 --> 00:05:41,660 Look, we're just focusing on this critical election 142 00:05:41,660 --> 00:05:43,900 that we have ahead of us, uh, this year. 143 00:05:45,340 --> 00:05:48,740 It's also a... it's a jolly fascinating... 144 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:51,580 Who says "jolly"? (HELEN LAUGHS) 145 00:05:51,580 --> 00:05:51,820 Who says "jolly"? Dale, I told you not to watch it. 146 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:53,100 Dale, I told you not to watch it. 147 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:55,620 Who am I, Santa Claus? I've never used that adjective in my life! 148 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:59,420 My favourite was when you referred to yourself as "the royal one". 149 00:05:59,420 --> 00:06:00,620 I did not do that! 150 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:02,660 Rewind. It's right there on the tape. 151 00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:04,620 We sent specific questions about the election! 152 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:07,140 Yeah, but I told you, he never sticks to the script. 153 00:06:08,300 --> 00:06:10,100 Hey, there's not a history between you two, is there? 154 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:11,980 What, a history between... With Gerry?! 155 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:13,860 Yeah. No! 156 00:06:13,860 --> 00:06:16,380 Are you sure? 'Cause he was very flirtatious. 157 00:06:16,380 --> 00:06:17,740 Oh, are you a bit jealous? 158 00:06:17,740 --> 00:06:17,980 No. Oh, are you a bit jealous? 159 00:06:17,980 --> 00:06:19,540 No. You sure? 160 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,180 Yeah, a little bit, but... 161 00:06:22,180 --> 00:06:23,780 Correct! 162 00:06:23,780 --> 00:06:25,980 (GIGGLES) Don't be. 163 00:06:31,820 --> 00:06:33,660 ..on this critical election ahead. 164 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:36,380 And it's not only an Australian election this year, it's also... 165 00:06:36,380 --> 00:06:39,460 Newsreader Dale Jennings there, avoiding my question. 166 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:39,700 Newsreader Dale Jennings there, (LAUGHTER) 167 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:40,740 (LAUGHTER) 168 00:06:45,860 --> 00:06:48,980 (ALARM BEEPS LOUDLY) 169 00:06:52,020 --> 00:06:54,820 (ALARM CONTINUES BEEPING) 170 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:04,340 TV: The issue overshadowed Mr Howard's campaign 171 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:04,580 TV: The issue overshadowed in marginal Brisbane seats today. 172 00:07:04,580 --> 00:07:06,100 in marginal Brisbane seats today. 173 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:08,820 He was quick to respond and issued one of his strongest 174 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:11,020 campaign attacks yet against the government. 175 00:07:11,020 --> 00:07:13,340 JOHN HOWARD: The creator of the "banana republic" 176 00:07:13,340 --> 00:07:17,180 is now campaigning like a treasurer of a banana republic... 177 00:07:17,180 --> 00:07:19,380 Howard called him an "economic vandal" 178 00:07:19,380 --> 00:07:22,420 and Keating fired back and said, "If the Liberals win government, 179 00:07:22,420 --> 00:07:25,260 "you'd need a pair of binoculars to find the Australian dollar." 180 00:07:25,260 --> 00:07:25,500 "you'd need a pair of binoculars (BOTH CHUCKLE) 181 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:26,820 (BOTH CHUCKLE) 182 00:07:26,820 --> 00:07:27,060 NOELENE: Have you seen it? (BOTH CHUCKLE) 183 00:07:27,060 --> 00:07:28,460 NOELENE: Have you seen it? Seen what? 184 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:28,700 NOELENE: Have you seen it? The promo for election night. 185 00:07:28,700 --> 00:07:30,100 The promo for election night. 186 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:31,540 Do we want to? 187 00:07:31,540 --> 00:07:34,620 Promos just delivered it. They're very proud of it. 188 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:37,620 The new CEO dictated the copy himself. 189 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:45,900 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 190 00:07:45,900 --> 00:07:49,380 VOICEOVER: Showdown 87 - Hawke and Howard. 191 00:07:49,380 --> 00:07:52,340 And News At Six will give you the winner first. 192 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:55,340 Our state-of-the-art Datamax computer system 193 00:07:55,340 --> 00:07:58,660 will deliver the result at 7:45 guaranteed. 194 00:07:58,660 --> 00:08:00,220 Join Helen Norville and Dale Jennings... 195 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:02,140 Is that confirmed? Guaranteed? 196 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:04,660 ..with comic interludes by Gerry Carroll... 197 00:08:04,660 --> 00:08:05,860 No. 198 00:08:05,860 --> 00:08:06,100 ..and an Australian exclusive No. 199 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:08,660 ..and an Australian exclusive with federal treasurer Paul Keating. 200 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:11,180 The biggest names. The fastest results. 201 00:08:11,180 --> 00:08:13,420 Only on the News At Six. 202 00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:18,820 I mean, that can't... that can't go on air. 203 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:22,180 It's on air. The print version is a double-page spread. 204 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:29,780 Uh... 205 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:32,820 Did you sign off on that promo? Good morning to you too, Helen. 206 00:08:32,820 --> 00:08:37,060 A 7:45 guaranteed result? And an Irish comedian? 207 00:08:37,060 --> 00:08:38,460 Just so you know, 208 00:08:38,460 --> 00:08:40,220 that's come directly from little Charlie himself. 209 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:41,780 He doesn't know the first thing about news. 210 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:45,100 He doesn't see the election as a news event, Helen. 211 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:45,340 He doesn't see the election He sees it more as being a, um... 212 00:08:45,340 --> 00:08:47,620 He sees it more as being a, um... 213 00:08:48,660 --> 00:08:50,980 ..a network branding event. What? 214 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:53,740 And he has decided that our network brand is, uh... 215 00:08:55,140 --> 00:08:56,700 ..backyard barbecue. 216 00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:56,940 What does that mean? ..backyard barbecue. 217 00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:58,340 What does that mean? Dennis? 218 00:08:58,340 --> 00:09:02,140 He reckons that networks are like different kinds of food. 219 00:09:02,140 --> 00:09:04,740 Yeah? So, the ABC is like a plate of vegetables. 220 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:07,620 But then you have your roast chook, right? 221 00:09:07,620 --> 00:09:09,820 Your Sunday lamb! Mmm. 222 00:09:09,820 --> 00:09:11,100 Backyard barbecue. 223 00:09:14,900 --> 00:09:18,340 He just wants the tone to be relaxed and irreverent, OK? That's it, so... 224 00:09:18,340 --> 00:09:18,580 He just wants the tone to be relaxed Are you even listening to yourself? 225 00:09:18,580 --> 00:09:19,860 Are you even listening to yourself? 226 00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:23,460 Um, I can check with the data analyst, but it was my understanding 227 00:09:23,460 --> 00:09:25,700 that 7:45 is more of a likelihood than a guarantee. 228 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:27,740 OK, thanks, Noelene, but there's nothing we can do about that. 229 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:29,660 Also, I don't think Paul Keating's an exclusive. 230 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:31,300 I think he's appearing on several networks. 231 00:09:31,300 --> 00:09:34,540 OK, thanks again, Noelene! Nothing we can do about that! 232 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:36,100 No other news director would sign off on that. 233 00:09:36,100 --> 00:09:38,620 That is not true, OK? The ABC has comedians! 234 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:40,620 You know that guy that does the impersonations? 235 00:09:40,620 --> 00:09:40,860 You know that guy that does Lindsay, shit, we've got to go. 236 00:09:40,860 --> 00:09:41,860 Lindsay, shit, we've got to go. 237 00:09:41,860 --> 00:09:43,980 Dale, now that she's had her little showboat, 238 00:09:43,980 --> 00:09:47,740 I don't want any more hissy fits about this, because...little, uh... 239 00:09:47,740 --> 00:09:50,020 ..little Chuck has invested a lot of money in News At Six 240 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:50,260 ..little Chuck has invested and, mate, he's not happy. 241 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:51,380 and, mate, he's not happy. 242 00:09:51,380 --> 00:09:53,860 He always seems upbeat. (LAUGHS) Yeah, right. To your face. 243 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:56,100 Do you know what he called you two the other night? 244 00:09:56,100 --> 00:09:57,660 "The silver couple of news". 245 00:09:57,660 --> 00:09:59,620 Sometimes you're "the bronze couple of news", 246 00:09:59,620 --> 00:10:02,500 and sometimes you're dangerously close to "polished turd" territory. 247 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:05,740 But our ratings have been consistent. Jesus, Dale! 248 00:10:05,740 --> 00:10:08,780 The amount of money he has spent, he doesn't want consistent, 249 00:10:08,780 --> 00:10:11,700 especially on election night, and especially given the competition! 250 00:10:14,460 --> 00:10:18,180 MAN: Out of the 10 previous elections that you've hosted, 251 00:10:18,180 --> 00:10:18,420 MAN: Out of the 10 previous which ones in particular stand out? 252 00:10:18,420 --> 00:10:20,820 which ones in particular stand out? 253 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:25,340 Well, it's hard to go past '69. Gorton versus Whitlam. 254 00:10:25,340 --> 00:10:27,580 And you were the first to call that one, correct? 255 00:10:27,580 --> 00:10:31,860 Just after 8pm. Over an hour before the competition. 256 00:10:31,860 --> 00:10:32,100 Just after 8pm. Over an hour Oh. (CHUCKLES) 257 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:33,220 Oh. (CHUCKLES) 258 00:10:33,220 --> 00:10:35,100 Well, over the years, you, uh... 259 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:38,220 ..you develop an understanding of the key swing seats. 260 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:41,620 It paid off in '69, and I'm sure it will tomorrow night. 261 00:10:43,620 --> 00:10:45,380 What about you, Kay? 262 00:10:45,380 --> 00:10:49,100 Any, uh, childhood memories of watching Dad on election night? 263 00:10:51,260 --> 00:10:54,340 Uh, I remember always loving it. 264 00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:57,340 It's the one night Mum let me eat sausages and chips for dinner. 265 00:10:57,340 --> 00:10:59,300 Ah. (LAUGHS) 266 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:00,860 And will it be sausages this Saturday? 267 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:01,100 And will it be sausages Oh, of course! 268 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:02,340 Oh, of course! 269 00:11:02,340 --> 00:11:02,580 With Kay back from London, Oh, of course! 270 00:11:02,580 --> 00:11:05,820 With Kay back from London, I'll be doing all the favourites. 271 00:11:05,820 --> 00:11:06,060 With Kay back from London, (CHUCKLES) 272 00:11:06,060 --> 00:11:07,140 (CHUCKLES) 273 00:11:07,140 --> 00:11:10,060 Geoff, Saturday's also the first time 274 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:12,980 that you'll be in direct competition with your former colleagues 275 00:11:12,980 --> 00:11:13,220 that you'll be in direct competition at the News At Six. 276 00:11:13,220 --> 00:11:14,820 at the News At Six. 277 00:11:14,820 --> 00:11:15,060 You've had some strong words to say at the News At Six. 278 00:11:15,060 --> 00:11:17,900 You've had some strong words to say about the News At Six in the past. 279 00:11:17,900 --> 00:11:20,420 Well, I've said all I intend to say, Keith. 280 00:11:20,420 --> 00:11:22,660 Yeah, well, nothing to add a year down the track? 281 00:11:22,660 --> 00:11:25,780 We'd, of course, like to thank the viewers 282 00:11:25,780 --> 00:11:26,020 We'd, of course, like for all their cards and letters 283 00:11:26,020 --> 00:11:28,420 for all their cards and letters 284 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:28,660 and to assure them that for all their cards and letters 285 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:31,980 and to assure them that Geoff is absolutely thriving. 286 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:32,220 and to assure them that The new network is wonderful 287 00:11:32,220 --> 00:11:34,260 The new network is wonderful 288 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:37,380 and we're just loving living a little closer to the city. 289 00:11:37,380 --> 00:11:40,580 But can I just ask, have you had any contact with Helen Norville... 290 00:11:40,580 --> 00:11:40,820 But can I just ask, have you had Let's move on, Keith. 291 00:11:40,820 --> 00:11:42,380 Let's move on, Keith. 292 00:11:45,140 --> 00:11:47,340 Yep. Uh... 293 00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:49,140 (CLEARS THROAT) Well, uh... 294 00:11:50,620 --> 00:11:54,420 Thank you very much. Um, we might just get a family photo if we could. 295 00:11:54,420 --> 00:11:56,660 Kay, would you mind just squeezing up a little bit, 296 00:11:56,660 --> 00:11:58,060 we'll get a family shot? 297 00:11:58,060 --> 00:12:00,100 That'd be great. Thank you. 298 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:01,940 Big smiles. (LAUGHS) 299 00:12:01,940 --> 00:12:03,420 Thank you. 300 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:06,740 We so appreciate it, Cheryl. 301 00:12:06,740 --> 00:12:08,860 Um, are we still on for the 5th? 302 00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:10,580 If that's alright. 303 00:12:10,580 --> 00:12:13,100 I'd hate to get you into trouble with the News At Six. 304 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:15,620 Oh, no, no. I just don't tell 'em. (CHUCKLES) 305 00:12:15,620 --> 00:12:17,860 Oh, thank you. 306 00:12:17,860 --> 00:12:20,620 Truly, no-one does it better. 307 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:22,540 Thank you. (CLEARS THROAT) 308 00:12:22,540 --> 00:12:24,420 That went well. 309 00:12:24,420 --> 00:12:25,820 Mmm. 310 00:12:27,260 --> 00:12:30,620 I do think it'd be worth doing a little bit of afternoon radio. 311 00:12:30,620 --> 00:12:32,420 Evvie... Just a couple of interviews... 312 00:12:32,420 --> 00:12:32,660 Evvie... Enough! 313 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:33,740 Enough! 314 00:12:36,860 --> 00:12:39,500 Oh, take the dress. I bought it for you. 315 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:39,740 Oh, take the dress. I'm OK. 316 00:12:39,740 --> 00:12:40,820 I'm OK. 317 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:44,940 Oh, it looked really lovely, Kay. Very feminine. Stylish. 318 00:12:44,940 --> 00:12:45,180 Oh, it looked really lovely, Kay. Yes. It's the height of '87 style. 319 00:12:45,180 --> 00:12:48,100 Yes. It's the height of '87 style. 320 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:50,980 You know what they say about sarcasm, darling. 321 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:53,220 "It's the lowest form of wit." It's the lowest form of wit. 322 00:12:56,060 --> 00:12:58,340 (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) 323 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:01,940 (DOOR OPENS) Why isn't Mum going up? 324 00:13:01,940 --> 00:13:05,020 Well, Canberra is a touch bleak in the wintertime, so... 325 00:13:05,020 --> 00:13:06,780 You want to escape her? No, no, no. 326 00:13:06,780 --> 00:13:07,020 You want to escape her? I wouldn't blame you. 327 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:08,020 I wouldn't blame you. 328 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:09,700 Shh. (GIGGLES) 329 00:13:10,940 --> 00:13:12,260 Wait. 330 00:13:26,020 --> 00:13:27,420 Drive carefully. 331 00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:30,980 (STARTS ENGINE) 332 00:13:42,860 --> 00:13:44,220 You've got a single. 333 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:46,340 Dale and Helen are in a full suite. Mm-hm. 334 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:46,580 Dale and Helen are in a full suite. Per diems. 335 00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:48,020 Per diems. 336 00:13:48,020 --> 00:13:50,540 Um, sorry, if I order room service, 337 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:53,940 do I use the per diems or do I charge the room? 338 00:13:53,940 --> 00:13:55,660 Officially, the per diems. 339 00:13:55,660 --> 00:13:59,060 Unofficially, most people charge the room and pocket the cash. 340 00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:05,420 They also tend to save the taxi vouchers for personal use. 341 00:14:05,420 --> 00:14:07,940 I'm sure Rob could tell you all about it. 342 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:09,780 I don't know what you're talking about there... 343 00:14:09,780 --> 00:14:10,020 I don't know what (LAUGHS) ..Jean. 344 00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:11,740 (LAUGHS) ..Jean. 345 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:13,700 Uh, Noels, just before you take off, 346 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:16,180 could I ask you to have a quick squiz at that late update script? 347 00:14:16,180 --> 00:14:18,100 Yes, of course. Alright? 348 00:14:18,100 --> 00:14:19,740 Thanks, Jean. Have a good time. 349 00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:23,140 Just, the wording is...weird. 350 00:14:23,140 --> 00:14:24,780 Yeah. I'll help you. 351 00:14:46,940 --> 00:14:48,660 (GIGGLES) Mmm... 352 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:55,460 Hey? Mmm? 353 00:14:55,460 --> 00:14:57,740 How many stars is the hotel? Four. 354 00:14:57,740 --> 00:14:59,660 Well, should I see if I can get a flight up? 355 00:15:00,620 --> 00:15:02,460 We don't have to tell your family. 356 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:04,980 Well, it's just that Helen and Dale will be there. 357 00:15:04,980 --> 00:15:09,060 Yeah. I thought you wanted to start telling the office post-election. 358 00:15:09,060 --> 00:15:09,300 Yeah. I thought you wanted to start Well, not the very next day. 359 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:11,140 Well, not the very next day. 360 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:13,940 Oh, OK. Mmm. 361 00:15:13,940 --> 00:15:17,580 But...how about when I get back... Mmm? 362 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:21,220 ..I pick you up, and we use all my taxi vouchers and per diems 363 00:15:21,220 --> 00:15:21,460 ..I pick you up, and we use and I take you to Sizzler? 364 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:23,140 and I take you to Sizzler? 365 00:15:23,140 --> 00:15:23,380 Oh, yes! and I take you to Sizzler? 366 00:15:23,380 --> 00:15:25,620 Oh, yes! (GIGGLES) 367 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:30,340 Mmm. Mmm. 368 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:35,980 (SIGHS) OK. 369 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:37,700 Oh. Wait 30 seconds. 370 00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:40,900 Last time, you came up two steps behind me and it was really obvious. 371 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:41,140 Last time, you came up two steps Yeah, roger that. 372 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,260 Yeah, roger that. 373 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:45,660 Rob. Oh, shit. Sorry. 374 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:47,980 You just told me that. Sorry. Shh. Shush. 375 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:48,220 You just told me that. Sorry. Shhh-ush. 376 00:15:48,220 --> 00:15:49,740 Shhh-ush. 377 00:15:49,740 --> 00:15:51,900 OK. So... 378 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:08,300 (JET ENGINES ROAR) 379 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,020 (BUSY CHATTER) 380 00:16:24,660 --> 00:16:26,140 G'day. 381 00:16:30,980 --> 00:16:32,860 Hey, Noelene. How are you? 382 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:35,380 Hi, guys. How are you doing? Nice to see you all. 383 00:16:35,380 --> 00:16:37,660 NOELENE: The statistician is here. No sign of Gerry yet. 384 00:16:37,660 --> 00:16:37,900 NOELENE: The statistician is here. What about Geoff? 385 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:38,780 What about Geoff? 386 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:40,660 His network is here. They're two booths over. 387 00:16:40,660 --> 00:16:41,940 Well, we should go over and say hello, you know? 388 00:16:41,940 --> 00:16:43,660 Get it over and done with. No, I'm not talking to him. 389 00:16:43,660 --> 00:16:45,220 This is Trevor, data analyst. Hello. 390 00:16:45,220 --> 00:16:46,820 Helen. Lovely to meet you. Welcome. Of course. 391 00:16:46,820 --> 00:16:48,420 Nice to meet you, Trevor. Thank you. 392 00:16:48,420 --> 00:16:49,580 So, we're looking good for 7:45? 393 00:16:49,580 --> 00:16:52,660 Well...just between us... 394 00:16:52,660 --> 00:16:54,300 ..I think it'll be more like 7:15. 395 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:56,060 7:15! Wow. Yeah. 396 00:16:56,060 --> 00:16:58,380 I ran the results for '77, '80 and '83, 397 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:01,380 and in each case, the system would have the winner by 7:15. 398 00:17:01,380 --> 00:17:01,620 and in each case, the system So it'll be earlier? Great. 399 00:17:01,620 --> 00:17:04,140 So it'll be earlier? Great. 400 00:17:04,140 --> 00:17:06,940 GERRY: I made the assumption there'd be edible food here tonight. 401 00:17:06,940 --> 00:17:09,020 I'm guessing that was foolish. Hi. 402 00:17:09,020 --> 00:17:12,140 Wow. You honestly expect the viewers to focus on the politicians? 403 00:17:12,140 --> 00:17:13,740 Welcome, Gerry. How are you, Dale? 404 00:17:13,740 --> 00:17:13,980 Welcome, Gerry. Uh, good. Um... 405 00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:16,220 Uh, good. Um... 406 00:17:16,220 --> 00:17:17,660 I might go to the... 407 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:19,580 Hey, Ray, can I grab a glass of water? 408 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:19,820 Hey, Ray, can I grab Thank you. 409 00:17:19,820 --> 00:17:21,580 Thank you. 410 00:17:21,580 --> 00:17:23,940 (GATES CLANK, WHIRR) 411 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:45,100 (WHISPERS) Wow. 412 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:46,780 Jesus! 413 00:17:46,780 --> 00:17:49,180 Rob, you look like a bloody Lowes catalogue. 414 00:17:49,180 --> 00:17:51,020 (DENNIS LAUGHS) Well, I got told it was casual. 415 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:53,060 Yes, mate. The rich pricks' version of casual! 416 00:17:53,060 --> 00:17:55,060 Very different. Well, should I go and get changed? 417 00:17:55,060 --> 00:17:57,820 It'd take me 25 minutes to duck back, grab a jacket. 418 00:17:57,820 --> 00:18:01,260 No, no, no, mate. Not enough time. You've got to go as you are. 419 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:03,540 Don't want to blot the copybook. I want an invite on that yacht. 420 00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:05,460 What yacht? He's got a $3 million yacht. 421 00:18:05,460 --> 00:18:06,580 No. Yeah, he does. 422 00:18:06,580 --> 00:18:07,780 Does he? He does, yeah. 423 00:18:07,780 --> 00:18:09,900 Hello. Hey. How are you? 424 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:11,660 Follow me. Yep. Thank you. 425 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:14,940 (WHISPERS) Shit. 426 00:18:20,420 --> 00:18:21,740 Wow. 427 00:18:25,260 --> 00:18:26,660 No shit. 428 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:30,740 Bigger than the bar at Young & Jackson's, isn't it? 429 00:18:30,740 --> 00:18:30,980 Bigger than the bar at Here he is. 430 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:32,420 Here he is. 431 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:33,900 Gentlemen, how are we? 432 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:35,860 Good, thanks, Charlie. How are you? Yeah, good, mate. 433 00:18:35,860 --> 00:18:37,380 What, you off to the races after this? 434 00:18:37,380 --> 00:18:37,620 What, you off to the races Sorry? 435 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:38,380 Sorry? 436 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:40,540 You look like one of the old man's bookies there. (LAUGHS) 437 00:18:40,540 --> 00:18:41,460 Oh, right. OK. Yeah. 438 00:18:41,460 --> 00:18:43,140 Hey, so, I just saw an ad for the competition. 439 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:46,380 Their big interview - some senator I've never heard of. 440 00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:46,620 Their big interview - We got the bloody treasurer! 441 00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:48,180 We got the bloody treasurer! 442 00:18:48,180 --> 00:18:50,060 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 443 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:51,260 That you, Dermot? Dennis. 444 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:53,380 Dennis. Sorry, mate. It was, uh, Noels. 445 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:53,620 Dennis. Sorry, mate. Do I know Noel? 446 00:18:53,620 --> 00:18:54,940 Do I know Noel? 447 00:18:54,940 --> 00:18:57,420 Yeah, Noelene. She's a producer. Noelene. Producer, yes. 448 00:18:57,420 --> 00:19:00,020 She's had about 800 calls to Keating's office. 449 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:01,100 Wore him down. She's... 450 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:03,220 Yeah, she's... I made a call too to Paul. 451 00:19:03,220 --> 00:19:05,740 Yeah, people say I'm a bit like Keating, actually, you know. 452 00:19:05,740 --> 00:19:06,940 Not physically, of course. 453 00:19:06,940 --> 00:19:09,980 Just a sort of a... certain gravitas or something. 454 00:19:09,980 --> 00:19:11,540 Their words, not... I see it. 455 00:19:11,540 --> 00:19:13,260 Yeah. (ALL CHUCKLE) 456 00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:17,820 So...just us tonight, boys. Yeah. Casual seafood buffet. 457 00:19:17,820 --> 00:19:19,460 Grab yourselves a drink, make yourselves at home, eh? 458 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:21,020 Beautiful. Yeah. 459 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:23,420 You, uh...you want to take care of that, please, love? Beautiful. 460 00:19:27,620 --> 00:19:28,860 Thank you. 461 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:32,660 GEOFF: Young Dale. (CLEARS THROAT) 462 00:19:34,180 --> 00:19:35,580 Geoff! Good to see you. 463 00:19:35,580 --> 00:19:35,820 Geoff! (CLEARS THROAT) Hello. 464 00:19:35,820 --> 00:19:37,380 (CLEARS THROAT) Hello. 465 00:19:37,380 --> 00:19:39,620 Hey, congratulations on the new network. 466 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:42,740 My mother's terribly conflicted on who to watch tonight. (CHUCKLES) 467 00:19:42,740 --> 00:19:44,340 Is Helen with you? 468 00:19:45,660 --> 00:19:46,940 Yep. 469 00:19:46,940 --> 00:19:50,860 I gather you'll be delivering the result by 7:45 guaranteed. 470 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:55,100 Well. (CHUCKLES) 471 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:58,260 I don't fully understand the computer technology myself, but... 472 00:19:58,260 --> 00:19:58,500 I don't fully understand the computer Well, careful what you wish for. 473 00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:00,020 Well, careful what you wish for. 474 00:20:00,020 --> 00:20:02,220 Three hours is a very long time to fill. 475 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:06,820 Come on, Paul. Yep. (SIGHS) 476 00:20:16,340 --> 00:20:18,700 I just saw Geoff. I don't care. 477 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:18,940 I just saw Geoff. 30 seconds! 478 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:20,180 30 seconds! 479 00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:22,740 Hey, Noelene, you got those teeth pictures? 480 00:20:22,740 --> 00:20:24,060 Teeth pictures? Yep. 481 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:25,740 Yep. All four. Mmm. 482 00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:25,980 Yep. All four. Yeah, I thought I could say 483 00:20:25,980 --> 00:20:26,980 Yeah, I thought I could say 484 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:30,300 what's always stood out to me about Australian elections is the teeth. 485 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:30,540 what's always stood out to me about And then we'd super up pictures 486 00:20:30,540 --> 00:20:31,940 And then we'd super up pictures 487 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:32,180 of Howard, Hawke, Peacock And then we'd super up pictures 488 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:34,580 of Howard, Hawke, Peacock and Keating's teeth, 489 00:20:34,580 --> 00:20:36,300 and I'd do a comedic dental assessment of them. 490 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:38,060 RAY: Positions, please! (GERRY LAUGHS) 491 00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:40,660 (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) I'm terrifying you, aren't I? 492 00:20:41,620 --> 00:20:43,860 No. And here we go. 493 00:20:43,860 --> 00:20:45,460 And in 10. 494 00:20:45,460 --> 00:20:49,260 Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. 495 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,220 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 496 00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:57,460 and welcome to the National Tally Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 497 00:20:57,460 --> 00:21:01,500 and welcome to the National Tally Room for Election Night 1987. 498 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:04,020 I'm Helen Norville. And I'm Dale Jennings. 499 00:21:04,020 --> 00:21:06,380 It's a freezing night here in our nation's capital, 500 00:21:06,380 --> 00:21:08,980 and the tally room is filling up with hundreds of journalists, 501 00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:12,060 party members, even some members of the public. 502 00:21:12,060 --> 00:21:14,020 All of them are looking to the boards behind us, 503 00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:16,540 anxiously waiting for those first crucial results 504 00:21:16,540 --> 00:21:16,780 anxiously waiting to start coming through. 505 00:21:16,780 --> 00:21:18,060 to start coming through. 506 00:21:18,060 --> 00:21:19,940 Polling booths on the east coast have already closed... 507 00:21:19,940 --> 00:21:20,180 Polling booths on the east coast ROB: It's a nice set. 508 00:21:20,180 --> 00:21:21,980 ROB: It's a nice set. 509 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:23,060 Very nice. 510 00:21:23,060 --> 00:21:24,900 ..first votes are counted, our computer analyst... 511 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:26,140 Good design. Yeah. 512 00:21:26,140 --> 00:21:28,020 ..Trevor Lehmann, will be able to see them 513 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:30,340 on the News At Six Datamax computer. 514 00:21:30,340 --> 00:21:31,460 Welcome. 515 00:21:31,460 --> 00:21:32,860 Uh, thank you, Helen. 516 00:21:32,860 --> 00:21:35,500 So, what percentage of votes need to be counted 517 00:21:35,500 --> 00:21:38,460 before you can convincingly call for a winner? 518 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:38,700 before you can convincingly Actually, just 4% or 5%. 519 00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:40,500 Actually, just 4% or 5%. 520 00:21:41,820 --> 00:21:43,300 Remarkable, isn't it? 521 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:46,340 And we could reach that point very early, so stay tuned. 522 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:46,580 And we could reach that point No, we reach that point at 7:45. 523 00:21:46,580 --> 00:21:48,820 No, we reach that point at 7:45. 524 00:21:48,820 --> 00:21:51,980 Really got to hammer that, Lindsay. 7:45. 525 00:21:51,980 --> 00:21:54,220 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've got a chyron that's really gonna punch 7:45. 526 00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:54,460 Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've got a chyron It is coming. It is coming. Mmm. 527 00:21:54,460 --> 00:21:56,380 It is coming. It is coming. Mmm. 528 00:21:56,380 --> 00:21:58,060 You mind if we have a quick flick? 529 00:21:58,060 --> 00:21:59,740 Oh, not at all. 530 00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:01,300 DALE: ..live on the desk... 531 00:22:01,300 --> 00:22:01,540 MAN: It truly wouldn't be DALE: ..live on the desk... 532 00:22:01,540 --> 00:22:03,500 MAN: It truly wouldn't be an election night without him. 533 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:06,980 I'm so thrilled to welcome a television icon - 534 00:22:06,980 --> 00:22:07,220 I'm so thrilled to welcome Mr Geoff Walters. 535 00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:09,060 Mr Geoff Walters. 536 00:22:09,060 --> 00:22:12,780 Good evening to viewers across this vast and great nation. 537 00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:13,020 Good evening to viewers (DEEP VOICE) "And to you too." 538 00:22:13,020 --> 00:22:14,180 (DEEP VOICE) "And to you too." 539 00:22:14,180 --> 00:22:14,420 GEOFF: It's an honour to be with you (DEEP VOICE) "And to you too." 540 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,420 GEOFF: It's an honour to be with you on this most critical of nights. 541 00:22:16,420 --> 00:22:17,820 They're letting him write his own script! 542 00:22:17,820 --> 00:22:19,740 Mate, this is gonna end in tears. (DEEP VOICE) "In tears." 543 00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:19,980 Mate, this is gonna end in tears. (LAUGHS) 544 00:22:19,980 --> 00:22:21,220 (LAUGHS) 545 00:22:21,220 --> 00:22:25,500 Well, Paddy, I'm happy to confirm that from August onward, 546 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:27,420 I will be on screen five nights a week 547 00:22:27,420 --> 00:22:30,140 with a brand-new show, The Walters Report. 548 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:32,380 A half-hour of hard-hitting current affairs... 549 00:22:32,380 --> 00:22:34,020 Awful name. ..probing analysis... 550 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,620 Terrible. Oh, are they axing Quizmasters? 551 00:22:36,620 --> 00:22:38,860 PADDY: ..very excited to have you back on their screens. 552 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,500 But right now, east coast polls have closed, 553 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,500 so let's cross to Bankstown, where federal treasurer Paul Keating 554 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:48,220 is arriving to watch the results in his home seat... 555 00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:48,460 is arriving to watch the results Wait, Bankstown? 556 00:22:48,460 --> 00:22:49,540 Wait, Bankstown? 557 00:22:51,020 --> 00:22:52,820 Keating's confirmed for our desk, isn't he? 558 00:22:53,780 --> 00:22:56,620 Yes. Yes, he is. 559 00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:58,380 Uh... So? 560 00:22:58,380 --> 00:23:00,620 Yeah. Hey, is this live? This is live. 561 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:03,580 Uh...uh, look, Dennis, do you want to...want to go call Noelene 562 00:23:03,580 --> 00:23:03,820 Uh...uh, look, Dennis, do you just to, uh...to check on her? 563 00:23:03,820 --> 00:23:04,940 just to, uh...to check on her? 564 00:23:04,940 --> 00:23:07,620 Yep, great. Great idea. (SHOUTS) Marta! 565 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:07,860 Yep, great. Great idea. Phone! 566 00:23:07,860 --> 00:23:09,180 Phone! 567 00:23:12,780 --> 00:23:14,060 Thank you, Marta. 568 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,540 This guy. Oh, great. Thank you. 569 00:23:16,540 --> 00:23:19,220 You can use it anywhere. OK. Thank you. (DIALS) 570 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:22,380 (RINGING TONE) 571 00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:24,140 (TELEPHONE RINGS) HELEN: Thank you. 572 00:23:25,860 --> 00:23:27,460 Tally room. Noelene speaking. 573 00:23:27,460 --> 00:23:29,020 Yes! Hi. Yes, it's...it's Dennis. 574 00:23:29,020 --> 00:23:29,260 So, we just flipped Yes! Hi. Yes, it's...it's Dennis. 575 00:23:29,260 --> 00:23:31,020 So, we just flipped to Geoff's coverage 576 00:23:31,020 --> 00:23:34,180 and there is live footage of Keating from Bankstown! 577 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:36,220 I don't think so. Bankstown! Sydney! 578 00:23:36,220 --> 00:23:37,940 Five hours from you! I know where it is. 579 00:23:37,940 --> 00:23:40,060 He was always scheduled to spend the day in Bankstown, 580 00:23:40,060 --> 00:23:41,140 then head to Canberra in the afternoon. 581 00:23:41,140 --> 00:23:41,380 then head to Canberra It can't have been live footage. 582 00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:42,300 It can't have been live footage. 583 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:45,020 It WAS live footage, Noelene, OK? Because it was dark there! 584 00:23:45,020 --> 00:23:45,260 It WAS live footage, Noelene, OK? I, er, might call his media adviser. 585 00:23:45,260 --> 00:23:46,900 I, er, might call his media adviser. 586 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:48,580 Give me that thing here! 587 00:23:48,580 --> 00:23:48,820 Listen, you! I've got some notes Give me that thing here! 588 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:50,740 Listen, you! I've got some notes for Helen and Dale. 589 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:52,220 You get a pen and a shitload of paper! 590 00:23:52,220 --> 00:23:52,460 You get a pen (LINDSAY RANTS INDISTINCTLY) 591 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,460 (LINDSAY RANTS INDISTINCTLY) 592 00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:57,580 Mm-hm. 593 00:24:00,140 --> 00:24:01,660 (LINDSAY HANGS UP) 594 00:24:03,700 --> 00:24:05,020 Sorry. 595 00:24:05,020 --> 00:24:07,100 Just a couple of notes from Lindsay. What? 596 00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:08,940 He doesn't want you to be so vague about the time of the results. 597 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:09,180 He doesn't want you to be so vague Keep reiterating the 7:45 guarantee. 598 00:24:09,180 --> 00:24:10,660 Keep reiterating the 7:45 guarantee. 599 00:24:10,660 --> 00:24:12,460 Yeah, but it could be earlier. I'm just relaying. 600 00:24:12,460 --> 00:24:12,700 Yeah, but it could be earlier. Also, the CEO wants a big build-up. 601 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:13,980 Also, the CEO wants a big build-up. 602 00:24:13,980 --> 00:24:16,460 "Get your dinners now. Top up your drinks. The big moment's coming." 603 00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:17,580 And we're back in 20. 604 00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:19,340 I am not gonna be dictated to by little Charlie, 605 00:24:19,340 --> 00:24:19,580 I am not gonna be dictated to especially not live on air. 606 00:24:19,580 --> 00:24:20,620 especially not live on air. 607 00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:22,140 We can definitely weave in a little build-up. 608 00:24:22,140 --> 00:24:24,540 No, I'm not gonna say, "Come on, get your dinners, please." 609 00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:25,420 It's not Romper Room. 610 00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:26,980 We don't have to use those words necessarily. 611 00:24:26,980 --> 00:24:27,220 We don't have to use Wrap it up. 10 seconds. 612 00:24:27,220 --> 00:24:28,500 Wrap it up. 10 seconds. 613 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:30,300 Charlie's rung my staff with joke suggestions 614 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:32,740 before three of my shows - they were all terrible. 615 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:33,900 Yeah, so you just ignored them, right? 616 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:35,660 Oh, no, I said them. But I've got no integrity. 617 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:35,900 Oh, no, I said them. You stick to your guns. 618 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:37,060 You stick to your guns. 619 00:24:39,340 --> 00:24:40,860 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 620 00:24:40,860 --> 00:24:41,100 and welcome back Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, 621 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:43,340 and welcome back to Election Night '87. 622 00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:44,780 Where the nation decides. 623 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:49,340 We have 21% of the vote counted in the seat of Forde 624 00:24:49,340 --> 00:24:52,580 and appear to be seeing a swing to the opposition. 625 00:24:52,580 --> 00:24:54,620 Is that right, Geoff? (DOOR OPENS) 626 00:24:54,620 --> 00:24:55,980 KAY: Just me. GEOFF: That's right, Paddy. 627 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:58,060 And Forde, as you know, is in Queensland 628 00:24:58,060 --> 00:24:58,300 And Forde, as you know, and it is, of course, a swing seat. 629 00:24:58,300 --> 00:24:59,660 and it is, of course, a swing seat. 630 00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:01,140 How's he going? 631 00:25:02,140 --> 00:25:04,100 EVELYN: Uh...it's still early. 632 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:06,500 I got the sausages. 633 00:25:06,500 --> 00:25:08,780 I'm alright. Oh, are you sure? 634 00:25:08,780 --> 00:25:09,020 I'm alright. It's tradition. 635 00:25:09,020 --> 00:25:10,220 It's tradition. 636 00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:12,020 Yeah, I'll just have a drink, thanks. 637 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:15,220 Is Scott joining us? 638 00:25:17,620 --> 00:25:18,900 What? 639 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:20,580 It's over with Scott. 640 00:25:21,540 --> 00:25:23,780 When did that happen? Last week. 641 00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:26,620 Oh, darling. 642 00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:30,100 Come on, Mum. Don't pretend like you're not happy about it. 643 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,100 No, of course I'm not. 644 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:33,580 No, he was a very... 645 00:25:34,860 --> 00:25:36,140 He was a pleasant man. 646 00:25:36,140 --> 00:25:38,100 You hated him. No! 647 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:42,700 No, I just wondered if he had enough drive for you. 648 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:44,540 Well, he's pissed off without paying the rent, 649 00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:44,780 Well, he's pissed off so I don't have that $200. 650 00:25:44,780 --> 00:25:46,500 so I don't have that $200. 651 00:25:47,660 --> 00:25:48,940 He's a prick. 652 00:25:51,700 --> 00:25:53,940 Well, do you want your father to call him about that? 653 00:25:53,940 --> 00:25:56,180 No, it's just...it's $200. 654 00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:59,060 Well, technically, your father is Scott's landlord... 655 00:25:59,060 --> 00:26:01,540 Mum, I've just told you I've broken up, 656 00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:02,940 and you're chasing rent. 657 00:26:04,340 --> 00:26:05,620 Sorry. 658 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:09,420 Sure you don't want the sausages? 659 00:26:10,580 --> 00:26:12,220 Fine. 660 00:26:12,220 --> 00:26:15,140 TV: The voting booths were open at eight o'clock this morning, 661 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:17,460 and there was an early morning surge to vote. 662 00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:19,980 By lunchtime, the crowds had thinned to... 663 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:21,220 Yes, I called his campaign office. 664 00:26:21,220 --> 00:26:22,820 They directed me to his electorate office. 665 00:26:22,820 --> 00:26:23,060 They directed me RAY: Eight. Seven. 666 00:26:23,060 --> 00:26:24,100 RAY: Eight. Seven. 667 00:26:24,100 --> 00:26:27,060 He's the treasurer of Australia. Someone must know where he is. 668 00:26:27,060 --> 00:26:29,580 Can you at least give me the name of the venue in Bankstown? 669 00:26:31,140 --> 00:26:34,740 Well, we are just a quarter of an hour away from that crucial moment, 670 00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:38,300 so, Australia, clear away the dinner plates and top up those drinks, 671 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:43,060 because as per the News At Six 7:45 guarantee, the moment is imminent. 672 00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:44,980 HELEN: So, Trevor, with 4% now counted... 673 00:26:44,980 --> 00:26:45,980 Yeah, that's better. 674 00:26:45,980 --> 00:26:47,740 ..is the Datamax system showing any emerging trend? 675 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:49,100 Wouldn't say solid, though, would you? 676 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:51,980 TREVOR: So far, I can confirm that the vote is down for Labor, 677 00:26:51,980 --> 00:26:52,220 TREVOR: So far, I can confirm but not necessarily down evenly. 678 00:26:52,220 --> 00:26:53,820 but not necessarily down evenly. 679 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:54,060 So there is a negative swing but not necessarily down evenly. 680 00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:56,900 So there is a negative swing against the government? 681 00:26:56,900 --> 00:27:01,980 In some places, yes. Definitely New South Wales, but not in others. 682 00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:04,580 In fact, their vote is up in some surprising places. 683 00:27:04,580 --> 00:27:08,180 So...yeah, i-it may or it may not be a swing. 684 00:27:09,180 --> 00:27:11,460 Well, Gerry Carroll thinks he's identified 685 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:14,540 a surprising factor at play in the 1987 campaign. 686 00:27:14,540 --> 00:27:14,780 a surprising factor at play Gerry, can you illuminate us? 687 00:27:14,780 --> 00:27:16,140 Gerry, can you illuminate us? 688 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:17,860 Why, of course, Dale. 689 00:27:17,860 --> 00:27:21,380 Now, for me, this election has all been about the dental work... 690 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:22,740 Is there a problem? What? No, no, no, no, no. 691 00:27:22,740 --> 00:27:24,820 I'm just...I'm just, uh... I'm just inputting. 692 00:27:24,820 --> 00:27:27,340 You said 7:15. It's just turned 7:30. 693 00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:29,820 Yeah, well, the program was built to work off national swing, so... 694 00:27:29,820 --> 00:27:30,060 Yeah, well, the program was built Is 7:45 at risk, Trevor? 695 00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:31,620 Is 7:45 at risk, Trevor? 696 00:27:31,620 --> 00:27:31,860 OK, the way it processes Is 7:45 at risk, Trevor? 697 00:27:31,860 --> 00:27:34,500 OK, the way it processes is...is...is...is... 698 00:27:34,500 --> 00:27:37,460 D-d-d-d... Look... look, I could explain it to you, 699 00:27:37,460 --> 00:27:39,580 or I could just keep inputting data and actually get us there, 700 00:27:39,580 --> 00:27:39,820 or I could just keep inputting data which is what I think you want. 701 00:27:39,820 --> 00:27:40,940 which is what I think you want. 702 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:42,300 ..teeth take up most of his face. 703 00:27:42,300 --> 00:27:42,540 With what little space that's left ..teeth take up most of his face. 704 00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:45,060 With what little space that's left being dedicated to his eyebrows, 705 00:27:45,060 --> 00:27:48,540 it leaves you in a position of not being sure what brush to reach for. 706 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:48,780 it leaves you in a position of not (CLEARS THROAT) Uh... 707 00:27:48,780 --> 00:27:49,900 (CLEARS THROAT) Uh... 708 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:53,820 Paul Keating, on the other hand, rarely if ever reveals a tooth, 709 00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:54,060 Paul Keating, on the other hand, for obvious reasoning. 710 00:27:54,060 --> 00:27:55,300 for obvious reasoning. 711 00:27:55,300 --> 00:27:55,540 Paul, I'm narrowing my focus to for obvious reasoning. 712 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:58,580 Paul, I'm narrowing my focus to the eight seats I'm listing here. 713 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:01,140 Could I ask you to update me as soon as any of these figures come in? 714 00:28:01,140 --> 00:28:01,380 Could I ask you to update me as soon Yeah. 715 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:02,300 Yeah. 716 00:28:02,300 --> 00:28:05,340 And also, let me know what happens at 7:45 on News At Six. 717 00:28:05,340 --> 00:28:05,580 And also, let me know what happens (CHUCKLES) OK. 718 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:06,900 (CHUCKLES) OK. 719 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:08,340 800 calls you made - for what?! 720 00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,100 His office said they tried to call. 721 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:11,780 It was a last-minute change just this afternoon. 722 00:28:11,780 --> 00:28:13,460 The results were looking tight, so Keating wanted 723 00:28:13,460 --> 00:28:15,700 to stay in Bankstown instead of come to Canberra. 724 00:28:15,700 --> 00:28:17,500 Fuck me sideways! Just give me this. 725 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:20,020 Send the link truck to Bankstown and do it as a live cross. 726 00:28:20,020 --> 00:28:22,540 Well, I HAVE sent a link truck, but there's a technical issue here. 727 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:25,180 Our OB van isn't getting return audio. They can't work out why. 728 00:28:25,180 --> 00:28:29,140 But right now, Keating wouldn't be able to hear us. We need a studio. 729 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:30,500 Give me that thing, will you? 730 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,300 Listen, Noelene, I want you to tell me this. 731 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:32,540 Listen, Noelene, I want to hear it from you 732 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:33,820 I want to hear it from you 733 00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:35,900 that both our relentlessly advertised features - 734 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:40,100 the 7:45 verdict and Paul fucking Keating live - 735 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,340 has come a gutser! 736 00:28:41,340 --> 00:28:42,620 Y-y...yeah, just... 737 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:44,220 There's a studio in Parliament House. 738 00:28:44,220 --> 00:28:46,460 They use it for live crosses every now and then, OK? 739 00:28:46,460 --> 00:28:48,420 You're gonna have to send Dale or Helen there. 740 00:28:48,420 --> 00:28:49,940 How far away is it? I don't know! It's Canberra! 741 00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:50,180 How far away is it? It's a glorified country town. 742 00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:51,060 It's a glorified country town. 743 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,900 Look, I'm just gonna make some phone calls, right? Just... 744 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,420 Is that off?! Have I turned it off? Er... 745 00:28:56,420 --> 00:28:59,380 BOB HAWKE: I think we'll win, but, uh... 746 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:02,340 ..it's just silly to jump in too quickly. 747 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:03,860 INTERVIEWER: Certainly, you wouldn't be... 748 00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:05,940 So, I hear you're a bit of a sailing man, Charlie? 749 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:08,500 Not really. 750 00:29:08,500 --> 00:29:08,740 HAWKE: ..and John Mildren's got some Not really. 751 00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:11,540 HAWKE: ..and John Mildren's got some ground to make up. That's one... 752 00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:11,780 HAWKE: ..and John Mildren's got some You've got one minute, Trevor. 753 00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:12,740 You've got one minute, Trevor. 754 00:29:12,740 --> 00:29:15,580 Sorry, I presently cannot focus my left eye. 755 00:29:15,580 --> 00:29:17,660 I think...I think... I think that we just have to... 756 00:29:17,660 --> 00:29:20,060 ..we just have to say that the guarantee's just not gonna happen. 757 00:29:20,060 --> 00:29:21,020 No, we can't put it like that. 758 00:29:21,020 --> 00:29:22,860 We have to say that we're in uncharted territory, 759 00:29:22,860 --> 00:29:23,100 We have to say that that we're on a knife's edge. 760 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:24,340 that we're on a knife's edge. 761 00:29:24,340 --> 00:29:26,380 But it might not actually be a knife's edge. 762 00:29:26,380 --> 00:29:28,660 OK, we're a ship tossed at sea. RAY: And in 10! 763 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:30,700 That doesn't even make any sense. Just take the CEO out of your head. 764 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:32,940 I'm not thinking of the CEO. Jesus Christ! 765 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:35,660 "The result has defied the most advanced computer technology, 766 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:37,420 "and all we can do is sit and wait." OK. 767 00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:42,660 Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have hit that crucial time of 7:45 768 00:29:42,660 --> 00:29:46,140 and we have found ourselves in uncharted territory. 769 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:49,260 HELEN: They say that the news never stops. 770 00:29:49,260 --> 00:29:49,500 HELEN: They say Dale, I think we can add to that. 771 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,900 Dale, I think we can add to that. 772 00:29:51,900 --> 00:29:55,460 The news can never truly deliver a guarantee. 773 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:56,660 What, is that a sledge at the promo? 774 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:59,780 With 5% of the vote now counted, the results have defied 775 00:29:59,780 --> 00:30:02,300 our state-of-the-art Datamax computer system. 776 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:03,820 So, ladies and gentlemen... Jesus Christ! 777 00:30:03,820 --> 00:30:05,540 ..you're just gonna have to keep watching, 778 00:30:05,540 --> 00:30:08,220 'cause it looks like we're in for a roller-coaster of a night. 779 00:30:08,220 --> 00:30:11,100 There are a million people changing the channel right now. 780 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:11,340 There are a million people I should... Should I go get Lindsay? 781 00:30:11,340 --> 00:30:13,740 I should... Should I go get Lindsay? 782 00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:16,660 Who dropped the ball here, mate? Was it Noelene? 783 00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:20,180 Uh, no. Absolutely not. But sh... I'll just see if I can find him. 784 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:21,700 Do that, get rid of the data bloke, 785 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:24,540 and tell Lindsay to get Keating on that fuckin' desk. 786 00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:24,780 and tell Lindsay to get Keating Alright. 787 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:26,140 Alright. 788 00:30:26,140 --> 00:30:27,580 (QUIETLY) Hey. 789 00:30:27,580 --> 00:30:29,020 The News At Six didn't call it. 790 00:30:29,020 --> 00:30:29,260 They're still just reading The News At Six didn't call it. 791 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:31,100 They're still just reading individual seat results. 792 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,620 (LAUGHS) I would describe it as very boring. 793 00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:35,860 I need you to give me one more update on Barton 794 00:30:35,860 --> 00:30:39,820 and, uh...one more on Rankin. (CLEARS THROAT) 795 00:30:39,820 --> 00:30:40,060 and, uh...one more on Rankin. Rankin and Barton. OK. 796 00:30:40,060 --> 00:30:41,940 Rankin and Barton. OK. 797 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,060 And, Paddy? 798 00:30:44,820 --> 00:30:46,260 I'd say five minutes. 799 00:30:48,660 --> 00:30:51,340 (COUGHS) Five. Four... 800 00:30:51,340 --> 00:30:53,940 PADDY: Well, let's have a look at some of the ALP seats 801 00:30:53,940 --> 00:30:54,180 PADDY: Well, let's have a look where the Liberal Party is leading. 802 00:30:54,180 --> 00:30:55,700 where the Liberal Party is leading. 803 00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:58,740 First up, Chisholm - Chisholm is in Victoria, 804 00:30:58,740 --> 00:31:03,300 currently held by Helen Mayer by a margin of 0.2%. 805 00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:06,020 The Liberal Party candidate, Dr Wooldridge, 806 00:31:06,020 --> 00:31:08,580 has run a very high-profile campaign. 807 00:31:08,580 --> 00:31:13,820 Dr Wooldridge is sitting on 47.6% of the primary vote. 808 00:31:13,820 --> 00:31:14,060 Dr Wooldridge is sitting on If that trajectory maintains, 809 00:31:14,060 --> 00:31:15,740 If that trajectory maintains, 810 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:19,820 Dr Wooldridge will probably be the new member for Chisholm. 811 00:31:19,820 --> 00:31:20,060 Dr Wooldridge will probably be Well, ladies and gentlemen, 812 00:31:20,060 --> 00:31:21,740 Well, ladies and gentlemen, 813 00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:21,980 Mr Walters has been furiously Well, ladies and gentlemen, 814 00:31:21,980 --> 00:31:25,660 Mr Walters has been furiously doing his sums, and... 815 00:31:25,660 --> 00:31:29,260 ..and, uh, it looks as though he has something that he wants to say. 816 00:31:29,260 --> 00:31:29,500 ..and, uh, it looks as though he Geoff? 817 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:30,500 Geoff? 818 00:31:31,780 --> 00:31:33,700 GEOFF: Yes, Paddy. Oh. Kay. 819 00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:36,380 Now, thus far, we've been focused on the... 820 00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:36,620 Now, thus far, Darling? 821 00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:37,580 Darling? 822 00:31:37,580 --> 00:31:39,740 ..percentage of the overall vote, but in fact, the result... 823 00:31:39,740 --> 00:31:39,980 ..percentage of the overall vote, Kay? 824 00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:41,020 Kay? 825 00:31:41,020 --> 00:31:43,500 ..is always going to be dictated by the number of seats. 826 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:45,740 Is he calling it? I think so. 827 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:49,020 The Labor government came in tonight with a 16-seat advantage. 828 00:31:49,020 --> 00:31:52,980 Their overall vote is clearly down, but, Paddy, as I see it, 829 00:31:52,980 --> 00:31:55,620 for the Labor government to lose tonight, 830 00:31:55,620 --> 00:31:59,340 they would need to lose the five following seats, and they are... 831 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:02,420 ..Hinkler, Barton, Rankin, Bendigo and... 832 00:32:03,460 --> 00:32:04,700 ..Hawker. 833 00:32:05,860 --> 00:32:07,340 As it stands, 834 00:32:07,340 --> 00:32:07,580 I believe Labor can be As it stands, 835 00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:12,820 I believe Labor can be very confident holding all five. 836 00:32:12,820 --> 00:32:13,060 I believe Labor can be So, on the basis of that, 837 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:14,900 So, on the basis of that, 838 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:19,420 I am prepared to declare Labor, the Hawke government... 839 00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:21,860 (APPLAUSE IN BACKGROUND) ..the winner tonight. 840 00:32:21,860 --> 00:32:23,820 ..is Peter Paroulakis... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) 841 00:32:23,820 --> 00:32:25,100 ..and the Labor... 842 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:31,780 Well, Dale, it sounds like some good news has emerged from down there. 843 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:36,380 PADDY: You heard it here first. Geoff Walters... 844 00:32:36,380 --> 00:32:37,820 (LINDSAY LAUGHS) 845 00:32:37,820 --> 00:32:40,340 ..veteran of so many federal elections, has declared that... 846 00:32:40,340 --> 00:32:43,580 Ohh! Live telly, eh? It's like juggling eggs on a roller-coaster! 847 00:32:43,580 --> 00:32:46,900 But, mate, Charlie, I think we're definitely well and truly on track. 848 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:47,140 But, mate, Charlie, I think we're ..a convincing victory. 849 00:32:47,140 --> 00:32:48,580 ..a convincing victory. 850 00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:50,220 Walters just called it for Hawke. 851 00:32:50,220 --> 00:32:51,500 ..convincing, Paddy. 852 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:53,660 There's clearly a lot of voter discontent out there, 853 00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:56,260 frankly, both sides, but ultimately, it was the... 854 00:32:56,260 --> 00:32:58,100 Lindsay? Mmm? 855 00:32:58,100 --> 00:32:59,220 ..Coalition losses in Queensland... 856 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:00,780 Where is Paul Keating? 857 00:33:00,780 --> 00:33:03,980 Do you think this loss will mark the end of John Howard... 858 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:04,220 Do you think this loss will mark Dennis, where is Paul Keating? 859 00:33:04,220 --> 00:33:05,860 Dennis, where is Paul Keating? 860 00:33:05,860 --> 00:33:09,180 Certainly not. I don't think so. John Howard put in a... 861 00:33:09,180 --> 00:33:10,420 (GRUNTS) 862 00:33:10,420 --> 00:33:11,860 (APPLAUSE CONTINUES) 863 00:33:11,860 --> 00:33:13,580 We might... 864 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:16,740 We'll go to a break and we'll be back with so much more, 865 00:33:16,740 --> 00:33:20,260 including, hopefully, that result in just a moment. 866 00:33:21,940 --> 00:33:23,540 Geoff just called it for Labor. 867 00:33:24,540 --> 00:33:26,340 What? What? No, hang on, hang on. 868 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:27,580 I-I don't know how you can say that 869 00:33:27,580 --> 00:33:27,820 with so little of I-I don't know how you can say that 870 00:33:27,820 --> 00:33:29,620 with so little of the West Australian vote counted. 871 00:33:29,620 --> 00:33:31,380 Trevor, I'm gonna have to ask you to step off camera 872 00:33:31,380 --> 00:33:31,620 Trevor, I'm gonna have to ask you for the rest of the telecast. 873 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:32,740 for the rest of the telecast. 874 00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:34,500 Come on, mate. 30 seconds! 875 00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,860 I-I-I'm just... 10...10 minutes. That's all I need. 876 00:33:36,860 --> 00:33:38,580 Dale and Helen will call the result themselves. 877 00:33:40,780 --> 00:33:43,020 Yep. OK. I'm really sorry. 878 00:33:44,580 --> 00:33:46,300 Um... 879 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:46,540 I also have a Keating update. Um... 880 00:33:46,540 --> 00:33:48,780 I also have a Keating update. Yeah? 881 00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:50,540 I think we still have him, but not on our desk. 882 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:53,220 He didn't come to Canberra this afternoon. I'm so sorry. 883 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:55,340 There's a link truck already heading out to him in Bankstown... 884 00:33:55,340 --> 00:33:55,580 There's a link truck already OK, so then it's just a cross? 885 00:33:55,580 --> 00:33:57,060 OK, so then it's just a cross? 886 00:33:57,060 --> 00:33:59,260 Yes, but unfortunately not with you. 887 00:33:59,260 --> 00:34:02,060 Our OB van is having issues with return audio. We need a studio. 888 00:34:02,060 --> 00:34:04,100 And the closest studio is out in Parliament House. 889 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:06,620 OK, well, that's...that's... that's 10 minutes. We can do that. 890 00:34:06,620 --> 00:34:08,540 No. No. Hang on, hang on... I can get us there in 10. 891 00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:11,060 Including leaving here and setting up is probably more like 20, 892 00:34:11,060 --> 00:34:13,060 and Charlie's demanding that he be interviewed right now. 893 00:34:13,060 --> 00:34:14,860 You get me Charlie Tate on the phone right now! 894 00:34:14,860 --> 00:34:16,380 I don't have his number! RAY: Here we go! 895 00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:18,100 I don't care what he thinks. Helen... 896 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,420 Tell Parliament we're using the studio. We'll be there right now. 897 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:22,300 If we don't have a Keating interview, then all we've got 898 00:34:22,300 --> 00:34:25,180 is a failed guarantee and some fucking jokes about Hawke's teeth! 899 00:34:25,180 --> 00:34:25,420 is a failed guarantee and some Go, go! As fast as you possibly can! 900 00:34:25,420 --> 00:34:27,180 Go, go! As fast as you possibly can! 901 00:34:28,780 --> 00:34:32,140 Welcome back to the national tally room in Canberra, 902 00:34:32,140 --> 00:34:36,780 where a sense of jubilation has taken root amongst the Labor supporters 903 00:34:36,780 --> 00:34:37,020 where a sense of jubilation has taken with the breaking news 904 00:34:37,020 --> 00:34:38,140 with the breaking news 905 00:34:38,140 --> 00:34:42,020 that Bob Hawke will be re-elected prime minister of Australia 906 00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:42,260 that Bob Hawke will be re-elected for a historic third term. 907 00:34:42,260 --> 00:34:44,460 for a historic third term. 908 00:34:44,460 --> 00:34:45,540 (ENGINE STARTS) 909 00:34:45,540 --> 00:34:47,420 NOELENE: Um, head out and turn left. 910 00:34:49,780 --> 00:34:51,380 REPORTER: What are your celebration plans now? 911 00:34:51,380 --> 00:34:51,620 REPORTER: What are Oh, uh, several cups of tea. 912 00:34:51,620 --> 00:34:53,340 Oh, uh, several cups of tea. 913 00:34:53,340 --> 00:34:55,340 (LAUGHTER) 914 00:34:57,140 --> 00:34:59,020 This is gonna be the highlight of the telecast, trust me. 915 00:34:59,020 --> 00:34:59,260 This is gonna be the highlight RAY: 30 seconds! 916 00:34:59,260 --> 00:35:00,340 RAY: 30 seconds! 917 00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:04,020 So, um, are you just imagining more comedic observations or...? 918 00:35:04,020 --> 00:35:06,460 Just ask me the same questions you'd ask a political analyst 919 00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:06,700 Just ask me the same questions and let me answer. 920 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:07,980 and let me answer. 921 00:35:09,100 --> 00:35:10,540 Don't worry about being funny. 922 00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:11,900 Thanks. 923 00:35:11,900 --> 00:35:12,140 Hey. Thanks. 924 00:35:12,140 --> 00:35:13,660 Hey. And here we go. 925 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:17,900 What's that? It's straight vodka. 926 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:19,700 I haven't had a sip of water all night. 927 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:19,940 I haven't had a sip of water Seven! Six! 928 00:35:19,940 --> 00:35:21,580 Seven! Six! 929 00:35:21,580 --> 00:35:23,580 Uh, my face goes red with spirits. 930 00:35:23,580 --> 00:35:25,260 You're wearing make-up. 931 00:35:25,260 --> 00:35:27,460 A victorious Bob Hawke there in Melbourne 932 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:27,700 A victorious Bob Hawke there after a third election victory, 933 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:29,380 after a third election victory, 934 00:35:29,380 --> 00:35:33,980 and with me now is noted political analyst Mr Gerry Carroll. 935 00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:35,900 So, Gerry... Mmm? 936 00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:38,420 You told me that Keating was on his way. 937 00:35:38,420 --> 00:35:40,700 Er, Charlie... it'll be on in a second. 938 00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:43,220 It'll be well worth the wait. Keating will put on a good show. 939 00:35:43,220 --> 00:35:44,940 You just sit tight. 940 00:35:44,940 --> 00:35:46,540 GERRY: Uh, well, Dale, 941 00:35:46,540 --> 00:35:49,940 I think Johnny will probably move towards his natural calling in life, 942 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:52,100 which has always been suburban solicitor... 943 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:52,340 which has always been Right. 944 00:35:52,340 --> 00:35:53,100 Right. 945 00:35:53,100 --> 00:35:55,100 ..and I think we should be happy for him. 946 00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:57,620 NOELENE: No, no, no, no, no. Sorry, I meant the next one. The next one. 947 00:35:57,620 --> 00:35:57,860 NOELENE: No, no, no, no, no. Sorry, Sorry! 948 00:35:57,860 --> 00:35:59,140 Sorry! 949 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:07,900 So, ultimately, this result comes as no surprise to you? 950 00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:08,140 So, ultimately, this result comes Oh, no. 951 00:36:08,140 --> 00:36:09,180 Oh, no. 952 00:36:09,180 --> 00:36:09,420 Look, Dale, I have Oh, no. 953 00:36:09,420 --> 00:36:11,820 Look, Dale, I have my very own election barometer, 954 00:36:11,820 --> 00:36:12,060 Look, Dale, I have and it works every time. 955 00:36:12,060 --> 00:36:13,140 and it works every time. 956 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:16,380 What you do is you look at the number one sportsman in that country 957 00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:19,620 and you ask yourself, who would they vote for? 958 00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:23,740 Here in 1987, it's clearly Wimbledon champ Pat Cash, 959 00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:25,980 And if you imagine Mr Cash sitting there 960 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:28,220 weighing up Hawke versus Howard... 961 00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:30,940 ..well, there's really no question. 962 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,900 I like this. This is a better tone. 963 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:33,140 Yeah, it's not bad, is it? I like this. This is a better tone. 964 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:35,380 Yeah, it's not bad, is it? Yeah. Yeah. 965 00:36:35,380 --> 00:36:37,620 Absolutely. (CHUCKLES) Absolutely agree. 966 00:36:37,620 --> 00:36:40,380 In 1954, he skols two and a half pints of beer... 967 00:36:51,980 --> 00:36:54,500 OK. Put that on that shit background. 968 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:55,940 Beg your pardon? Can you help me? 969 00:36:55,940 --> 00:36:58,460 What? Oh. Yes. Go on the other side. 970 00:37:00,460 --> 00:37:03,860 Um...Keating's eyeline is to the screen, not to the camera, so... 971 00:37:03,860 --> 00:37:05,260 Just match that? Uh-huh. 972 00:37:05,260 --> 00:37:07,500 MAN: Trig, could you get in Keating's position, please? 973 00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:10,860 What time is it now? Uh, 20:13. 974 00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:13,380 20:13. OK. It's still good. It's still good. 975 00:37:13,380 --> 00:37:14,580 OK. 976 00:37:14,580 --> 00:37:14,820 Now, did you say he lost votes OK. 977 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:16,660 Now, did you say he lost votes in his own electorate? 978 00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:16,900 Now, did you say he lost votes Uh, yes. 5%. 979 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:18,180 Uh, yes. 5%. 980 00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:20,180 5%. OK, great. Um, good. 981 00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:21,540 (CLEARS THROAT) 982 00:37:21,540 --> 00:37:25,700 And, Gerry, if you had to name one highlight from tonight? 983 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:27,380 Well, apart from the biscuits, Dale, 984 00:37:27,380 --> 00:37:30,420 I think my highlight was learning a few brand-new words. 985 00:37:30,420 --> 00:37:30,660 I think my highlight was learning My favourite being 'scrutineer'. 986 00:37:30,660 --> 00:37:32,020 My favourite being 'scrutineer'. 987 00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:34,100 Well, a potential new career for you, Gerry? 988 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,940 Well, look, all I know about it, Dale, is that they scrute, 989 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:40,620 and God knows...I've always been partial to a quick scrute. 990 00:37:40,620 --> 00:37:40,860 and God knows...I've always been Well, famously so. 991 00:37:40,860 --> 00:37:42,420 Well, famously so. 992 00:37:42,420 --> 00:37:46,180 Right now, ladies and gentlemen, we have a News At Six exclusive. 993 00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:48,340 We are going to cross to Helen Norville, 994 00:37:48,340 --> 00:37:50,940 who will be speaking to our re-elected treasurer... 995 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:52,260 You alright? Yeah, I'm standing by. 996 00:37:52,260 --> 00:37:52,500 You alright? OK. You're on in five. 997 00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:53,900 OK. You're on in five. 998 00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:55,460 Four. 999 00:37:55,460 --> 00:37:56,820 Three. 1000 00:37:58,980 --> 00:38:00,540 (CLEARS THROAT) 1001 00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:06,260 He's one of the most bold and influential men in the country 1002 00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:09,580 and, at 43, many predict our next prime minister. 1003 00:38:09,580 --> 00:38:09,820 and, at 43, many predict Joining me from Bankstown in Sydney, 1004 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:11,860 Joining me from Bankstown in Sydney, 1005 00:38:11,860 --> 00:38:14,340 please welcome Treasurer Paul Keating. 1006 00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:17,140 Yeah! Yes! (ALL LAUGH, CHEER) 1007 00:38:17,140 --> 00:38:18,700 Yes! You beauty. 1008 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:21,460 Bob Hawke thinks that he'll be here for the next three years at least. 1009 00:38:21,460 --> 00:38:21,700 Bob Hawke thinks that he'll be here Are you happy to wait? 1010 00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:22,980 Are you happy to wait? 1011 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:23,220 Oh, yes, I... When...when Bob Are you happy to wait? 1012 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:26,620 Oh, yes, I... When...when Bob is good and ready to go... 1013 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:28,100 All those phone calls. Yeah. 1014 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:29,460 They paid off, mate. Yeah. 1015 00:38:29,460 --> 00:38:30,980 ..those who fancy ourselves as his successor 1016 00:38:30,980 --> 00:38:33,420 then get an opportunity to propose ourselves 1017 00:38:33,420 --> 00:38:35,020 to the government, to the caucus. 1018 00:38:35,020 --> 00:38:39,660 But that's a matter for our party and, uh, it'll all occur in its time. 1019 00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:43,260 Opposition Leader John Howard had to contend with a lot of disunity. 1020 00:38:43,260 --> 00:38:48,220 You enjoy total party unity, but your personal vote was down 5%. 1021 00:38:48,220 --> 00:38:48,460 You enjoy total party unity, She is grilling him. 1022 00:38:48,460 --> 00:38:49,500 She is grilling him. 1023 00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:49,740 Do you feel that you won tonight She is grilling him. 1024 00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:51,260 Do you feel that you won tonight by default? 1025 00:38:51,260 --> 00:38:53,500 KEATING: I think there's a lot of rewriting history going on today. 1026 00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:55,660 She looks great. The government won this election. 1027 00:38:55,660 --> 00:38:58,660 I think Mr Howard debased the political currency. 1028 00:38:58,660 --> 00:38:58,900 I think Mr Howard debased I mean, I think he ran 1029 00:38:58,900 --> 00:38:59,940 I mean, I think he ran 1030 00:38:59,940 --> 00:39:00,180 on the most disreputable I mean, I think he ran 1031 00:39:00,180 --> 00:39:03,940 on the most disreputable and irresponsible financial policy 1032 00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:06,460 of any leader in this country in the last 20 years 1033 00:39:06,460 --> 00:39:08,780 and he deserved the loss that he's taken. 1034 00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:10,820 And so I'd guess that you would prefer John Howard 1035 00:39:10,820 --> 00:39:11,060 And so I'd guess that to stay on as Opposition Leader 1036 00:39:11,060 --> 00:39:12,260 to stay on as Opposition Leader 1037 00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:12,500 as opposed to returning to stay on as Opposition Leader 1038 00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:15,740 as opposed to returning the leadership to Andrew Peacock? 1039 00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:18,780 Oh, she's going for it. She's going for it. Good girl. 1040 00:39:18,780 --> 00:39:19,020 Oh, she's going for it. But as far as Peacock's concerned, 1041 00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,900 But as far as Peacock's concerned, 1042 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,420 I mean, let me put the rhetorical question, 1043 00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:23,660 I mean, let me put can a souffle rise twice? 1044 00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:25,540 can a souffle rise twice? 1045 00:39:25,540 --> 00:39:27,380 (LAUGHS) 1046 00:39:27,380 --> 00:39:29,140 That's the quote! That's our quote! 1047 00:39:29,140 --> 00:39:31,100 Yeah, I don't know, boys, is it just me 1048 00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:35,660 or is...she just a hair too... uh...aggressive? 1049 00:39:35,660 --> 00:39:37,460 Yeah. Just a hair. 1050 00:39:37,460 --> 00:39:38,580 Maybe. (CHUCKLES) 1051 00:39:38,580 --> 00:39:39,900 ..some substantial good news. 1052 00:39:39,900 --> 00:39:42,740 We're gonna see inflation continuing to abate. 1053 00:39:42,740 --> 00:39:42,980 We're gonna see inflation KAY: Alright. 1054 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:44,020 KAY: Alright. 1055 00:39:44,020 --> 00:39:46,740 TV: A disappointed but stoic John Howard conceded that his... 1056 00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:48,060 I'll see you soon? 1057 00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:49,220 Yes. Mwah. 1058 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,820 Drive safely. Yep. Always do. 1059 00:39:53,780 --> 00:39:56,020 Bye. Bye. 1060 00:39:56,020 --> 00:39:59,540 HOWARD: And whatever differences that divide us politically, 1061 00:39:59,540 --> 00:39:59,780 HOWARD: And whatever differences and they are important differences 1062 00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:02,260 and they are important differences 1063 00:40:02,260 --> 00:40:05,140 and they will remain important differences, 1064 00:40:05,140 --> 00:40:07,700 those things that unite us as Australians 1065 00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:11,660 are much greater and more enduring than those things that divide us. 1066 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:13,940 Mr Howard congratulated Mr Hawke... 1067 00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:51,820 (PIANO PLAYS SOFT CABARET) 1068 00:40:54,180 --> 00:40:55,860 GERRY: Can I let you in on something? 1069 00:40:55,860 --> 00:40:56,620 DALE: (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 1070 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:58,340 I'm not registered to vote in this country. 1071 00:40:58,340 --> 00:41:00,900 (LAUGHS) Really? (LAUGHS) 1072 00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:01,140 (LAUGHS) Really? No... No, no, seriously. 1073 00:41:01,140 --> 00:41:02,940 No... No, no, seriously. 1074 00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:05,860 (CHUCKLES) I've just hosted your national election 1075 00:41:05,860 --> 00:41:07,260 and I can't even vote. 1076 00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:10,060 (LAUGHS) I don't know whether I should be ashamed or proud of that. 1077 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:13,580 You did, obviously. 1078 00:41:13,580 --> 00:41:15,140 Yeah. Mmm. 1079 00:41:15,140 --> 00:41:16,580 (CHUCKLES) Yeah. 1080 00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,300 You and Helen are living together. Yeah. 1081 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:24,100 Yeah, living in sin, as my mother likes to point out. (CHUCKLES) 1082 00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:27,300 Are you thinking of changing that? 1083 00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:33,500 Um...we haven't really discussed it yet. 1084 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:36,020 You've been together a while. Yeah. A year. 1085 00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:39,580 Maybe you're not the marrying type. 1086 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:42,540 Well... 1087 00:41:42,540 --> 00:41:44,420 Wait, what does that mean? 1088 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:47,780 I don't know, you strike me as a bit... 1089 00:41:48,980 --> 00:41:50,780 ..open to possibilities. 1090 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:55,980 Uh, it's a compliment. 1091 00:41:57,620 --> 00:41:59,180 The best people are. 1092 00:42:01,620 --> 00:42:02,980 I am. 1093 00:42:08,220 --> 00:42:09,740 Mmm. 1094 00:42:13,820 --> 00:42:15,660 (CHUCKLES) 1095 00:42:22,700 --> 00:42:24,940 Sorry, maybe I am... Alright. 1096 00:42:24,940 --> 00:42:27,180 I am a pretty boring person. 1097 00:42:28,020 --> 00:42:29,260 I don't think so. 1098 00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:31,740 HELEN: Hi. 1099 00:42:31,740 --> 00:42:31,980 Ah. Here she is! HELEN: Hi. 1100 00:42:31,980 --> 00:42:34,740 Ah. Here she is! Hello, hello! 1101 00:42:34,740 --> 00:42:36,060 Oh! Oh! 1102 00:42:36,060 --> 00:42:37,900 God, I'm glad that's over. Hey. You were brilliant. 1103 00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:39,380 Thank you. Brilliant. 1104 00:42:39,380 --> 00:42:42,580 He talked so much that I only got through a third of my questions. 1105 00:42:42,580 --> 00:42:44,340 Was it OK really? You were great. Yeah. 1106 00:42:44,340 --> 00:42:44,580 Was it OK really? Mwah. Drink? 1107 00:42:44,580 --> 00:42:46,020 Mwah. Drink? 1108 00:42:46,020 --> 00:42:47,460 Um... You must be tired. 1109 00:42:47,460 --> 00:42:48,940 Uh, no, I'll take a double. Yeah? 1110 00:42:48,940 --> 00:42:49,180 Uh, no, I'll take a double. Yeah. Uh, vodka soda, please. 1111 00:42:49,180 --> 00:42:50,980 Yeah. Uh, vodka soda, please. 1112 00:42:50,980 --> 00:42:51,220 Sure. Yeah. Uh, vodka soda, please. 1113 00:42:51,220 --> 00:42:52,940 Sure. Hoo! 1114 00:43:04,780 --> 00:43:06,540 Oh, my God! 1115 00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:08,380 What time is, um...is checkout? 1116 00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:10,180 Uh...10, I think. 1117 00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:18,780 Hey, I think Gerry just tried to proposition me. 1118 00:43:20,220 --> 00:43:21,940 (CHUCKLES) What? 1119 00:43:21,940 --> 00:43:26,060 Well, I could be wrong, but it definitely...seemed like it. 1120 00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:29,540 (CHUCKLES) 1121 00:43:30,820 --> 00:43:33,060 What...what, um...what happened? 1122 00:43:36,020 --> 00:43:37,460 Nothing. 1123 00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:52,620 Were you interested? 1124 00:43:55,380 --> 00:43:56,660 No. 1125 00:43:58,380 --> 00:43:59,660 Are you sure? 1126 00:44:01,380 --> 00:44:02,620 Yes. 1127 00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:05,740 'Cause he would make sense. 1128 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:15,740 I mean, he...he'd be, um... 1129 00:44:19,540 --> 00:44:21,580 ..he'd be discreet and... 1130 00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:24,700 ..and private, and... 1131 00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:28,380 ..his wife's a very powerful woman, so... 1132 00:44:30,220 --> 00:44:31,860 ..he...he would be... 1133 00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:35,140 ..a logical option. 1134 00:44:37,740 --> 00:44:39,300 I don't want that option. 1135 00:44:41,580 --> 00:44:42,980 Do you? 1136 00:44:44,620 --> 00:44:46,060 No. 1137 00:44:47,900 --> 00:44:50,620 No, I...I don't. 1138 00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:51,740 I want... 1139 00:44:53,060 --> 00:44:55,780 I want just us. I want just... 1140 00:44:55,780 --> 00:44:57,420 ..just you and me. 1141 00:44:59,940 --> 00:45:01,340 So do I. 1142 00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:06,060 But I want you to keep talking to me about it. 1143 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,780 I don't need to. But if anything changes... 1144 00:45:13,780 --> 00:45:16,140 It's not gonna change. But if it...if it does... 1145 00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:18,700 It won't. 1146 00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:24,260 (SIGHS) 1147 00:45:32,540 --> 00:45:33,940 (SNIFFLES) 1148 00:45:49,660 --> 00:45:51,900 (LIQUID POURS) 1149 00:45:57,780 --> 00:45:59,420 (GEOFF CLEARS THROAT) 1150 00:46:01,700 --> 00:46:03,940 I'm expecting the call in the next couple of minutes. 1151 00:46:03,940 --> 00:46:05,620 Do not touch the phones. 1152 00:46:14,580 --> 00:46:16,100 We got numbers? 1153 00:46:16,100 --> 00:46:17,260 Not yet. Should be any minute. 1154 00:46:17,260 --> 00:46:17,500 Not yet. (SIGHS) Ah. 1155 00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:19,060 (SIGHS) Ah. 1156 00:46:19,060 --> 00:46:20,900 Are the numbers in? Should be soon. 1157 00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,420 We don't have to sit around just waiting for them. 1158 00:46:27,420 --> 00:46:29,140 (TELEPHONE RINGS) 1159 00:46:29,140 --> 00:46:30,740 LINDSAY: Yep. 1160 00:46:32,260 --> 00:46:34,020 Yep. 1161 00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:35,380 (CLEARS THROAT) 1162 00:46:35,380 --> 00:46:38,500 Yep. Good. Right. Yep. 1163 00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:39,820 Thank you. 1164 00:46:43,020 --> 00:46:44,300 Lindsay? 1165 00:46:44,300 --> 00:46:44,540 No, it was bloody Wardrobe going on Lindsay? 1166 00:46:44,540 --> 00:46:48,300 No, it was bloody Wardrobe going on about those bloody sports jackets! 1167 00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:50,500 What's wrong with them? They're great. 1168 00:47:00,140 --> 00:47:02,180 (TELEPHONE RINGS) 1169 00:47:08,180 --> 00:47:09,660 Geoff Walters speaking. 1170 00:47:11,060 --> 00:47:12,740 Yes. 1171 00:47:12,740 --> 00:47:14,500 Yes. Right. 1172 00:47:15,980 --> 00:47:17,540 Of course. Yes. 1173 00:47:19,180 --> 00:47:21,220 (TELEPHONE RINGS) 1174 00:47:23,980 --> 00:47:25,380 Yes? 1175 00:47:29,980 --> 00:47:31,380 (SIGHS) 1176 00:47:32,540 --> 00:47:34,380 Right. 1177 00:47:34,380 --> 00:47:36,260 Yep. Good-o. 1178 00:47:36,260 --> 00:47:37,460 Yep. 1179 00:47:38,980 --> 00:47:41,260 Yeah, thank you! (CLEARS THROAT) 1180 00:47:45,100 --> 00:47:46,900 Hey. 1181 00:47:54,780 --> 00:47:56,260 Well, it, uh... 1182 00:47:58,420 --> 00:47:59,820 Uh... 1183 00:48:01,860 --> 00:48:03,540 1.9 million. 1184 00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:06,460 We won. We thrashed Geoff! (ALL CHEER WILDLY) 1185 00:48:06,460 --> 00:48:06,700 We won. We thrashed Geoff! (LAUGHS) Get about it! 1186 00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:08,940 (LAUGHS) Get about it! 1187 00:48:08,940 --> 00:48:10,940 (ALL LAUGH, CHEER) 1188 00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:15,380 Jean, you crack open the piss! The special stuff! 1189 00:48:15,380 --> 00:48:18,540 Come on, hey? Get about it! Well done, you! Well done... 1190 00:48:18,540 --> 00:48:18,780 Come on, hey? Get about it! Huzzah! (LAUGHS) 1191 00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:21,500 Huzzah! (LAUGHS) 1192 00:48:21,500 --> 00:48:24,380 Hey, Noels. Hey. Could I ask you to help me with a... 1193 00:48:24,380 --> 00:48:25,980 Yeah, of course. ..bit? Yep? 1194 00:48:27,940 --> 00:48:29,460 DENNIS: Ha! Yes! 1195 00:48:29,460 --> 00:48:31,420 OK. Whoo, whoo, whoo. 1196 00:48:33,580 --> 00:48:38,100 They said we...collapsed at 7:45. 1197 00:48:38,100 --> 00:48:39,740 Never recovered. 1198 00:48:39,740 --> 00:48:42,620 That stupid bloody News At Six guarantee. 1199 00:48:44,260 --> 00:48:46,020 A cheap trick. 1200 00:48:46,020 --> 00:48:48,100 Maybe that's what people want these days. 1201 00:48:49,700 --> 00:48:51,700 Cheap tricks. 1202 00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:53,220 Clowns. 1203 00:48:53,220 --> 00:48:56,740 And that network has spent an absolute fortune 1204 00:48:56,740 --> 00:48:56,980 And that network has spent on utterly false advertising. 1205 00:48:56,980 --> 00:48:59,580 on utterly false advertising. 1206 00:48:59,580 --> 00:48:59,820 Helen's being promoted as this... on utterly false advertising. 1207 00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:03,900 Helen's being promoted as this... woman of gravitas. 1208 00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:06,660 She's far from that. Think what we know about her. 1209 00:49:06,660 --> 00:49:06,900 She's far from that. Huh! 1210 00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:07,820 Huh! 1211 00:49:07,820 --> 00:49:10,980 And from what I hear, that's the tip of the iceberg. 1212 00:49:12,660 --> 00:49:17,020 You've maintained a dignified silence. 1213 00:49:17,020 --> 00:49:20,180 It's time the truth about her emerged. 1214 00:49:25,580 --> 00:49:28,620 You know...you know...you know... Charlie, Charlie, Charlie, Charlie. 1215 00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:31,540 Wh-what it was was it was the guarantee. 1216 00:49:31,540 --> 00:49:33,180 (LAUGHS) Mate, we didn't even have to deliver! 1217 00:49:33,180 --> 00:49:33,420 (LAUGHS) Mate, we didn't It was just the promise of it. 1218 00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:34,540 It was just the promise of it. 1219 00:49:34,540 --> 00:49:36,540 It was a stroke of genius, mate. Well done, you. 1220 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:38,580 Yeah, I actually think Gerry was the main drawcard. 1221 00:49:38,580 --> 00:49:42,340 He was good. He was good, wasn't he? Surprisingly to some people. 1222 00:49:42,340 --> 00:49:44,700 But, you know, I like to think the, um...the whole team... 1223 00:49:45,820 --> 00:49:48,340 You were right about Dale. He's getting there. 1224 00:49:48,340 --> 00:49:48,580 You were right about Dale. It's just, uh... 1225 00:49:48,580 --> 00:49:50,140 It's just, uh... 1226 00:49:51,340 --> 00:49:53,300 ..Helen. 1227 00:49:53,300 --> 00:49:54,660 Yes? 1228 00:49:54,660 --> 00:49:58,180 Mate, she was great under Geoff. It's just, as a headliner... 1229 00:49:58,180 --> 00:50:01,340 I don't know what it is. I think she's just sort of... 1230 00:50:01,340 --> 00:50:05,220 ..too dominant over Dale and she's really aggressive and... 1231 00:50:05,220 --> 00:50:06,940 I reckon we give her a couple of months to pull it in. 1232 00:50:06,940 --> 00:50:07,180 I reckon we give her If she can't... 1233 00:50:07,180 --> 00:50:08,860 If she can't... 1234 00:50:08,860 --> 00:50:11,260 ..we talk replacements. 1235 00:50:11,260 --> 00:50:12,580 Sure. 1236 00:50:12,580 --> 00:50:14,620 Sure. No complaints this end on that. 1237 00:50:14,620 --> 00:50:16,020 But, you know, it could be a little bit tricky. 1238 00:50:16,020 --> 00:50:16,260 But, you know, it could be They, uh... 1239 00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:17,780 They, uh... 1240 00:50:17,780 --> 00:50:19,100 ..they are a couple. 1241 00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:21,740 Yeah, it's not my problem. 1242 00:50:21,740 --> 00:50:25,380 No. Of course it's not. It's theirs. 1243 00:50:25,380 --> 00:50:27,380 Good plan. Very good plan. 1244 00:50:27,380 --> 00:50:30,060 Well, happy days. And well done...well done again... 1245 00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:30,300 Well, happy days. (HANGS UP) 1246 00:50:30,300 --> 00:50:31,460 (HANGS UP) 1247 00:50:46,100 --> 00:50:48,300 I mean, did he show any humility at all, or...? 1248 00:50:48,300 --> 00:50:51,340 Well, you know, he was... he was Charlie. (CHUCKLES) 1249 00:50:51,340 --> 00:50:54,380 But, um, he did say congratulations. So... 1250 00:50:54,380 --> 00:50:56,020 Ah. Well, that was nice of him. 1251 00:50:56,020 --> 00:50:58,980 I think...I think a toast is called for. Uh... 1252 00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:03,100 To the person who will appreciate our victory the most. 1253 00:51:03,100 --> 00:51:05,060 Here's to Geoff Walters. 1254 00:51:05,060 --> 00:51:07,540 (LAUGHTER) He can blow it out his arse! 1255 00:51:07,540 --> 00:51:09,900 (ALL CHEER, APPLAUD) 1256 00:51:49,300 --> 00:51:52,460 Dennis asked me today if we were a couple. 1257 00:51:52,460 --> 00:51:53,780 What did you say? 1258 00:51:53,780 --> 00:51:57,620 If you don't see us having a future together, just tell me. 1259 00:51:57,620 --> 00:52:00,140 You know what's at stake for me if we tell the office! 1260 00:52:00,140 --> 00:52:02,180 Breaking news from the heart of Melbourne 1261 00:52:02,180 --> 00:52:04,700 as terror unfolds on a Clifton Hill street. 1262 00:52:04,700 --> 00:52:04,980 as terror unfolds on a Clifton Hill street. The whole country is on the brink of a colossal change 1263 00:52:04,980 --> 00:52:08,180 The whole country is on the brink of a colossal change 1264 00:52:08,180 --> 00:52:08,420 The whole country is on the brink and it is our job to report it. 1265 00:52:08,420 --> 00:52:09,780 and it is our job to report it. 1266 00:52:09,780 --> 00:52:12,580 A civilian was able to walk into a shop... 1267 00:52:12,580 --> 00:52:14,620 Ohh! ..on High Street and walk out 1268 00:52:14,620 --> 00:52:17,940 with a military-grade weapon made for war zones! 1269 00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:20,540 Am I cutting around that or...? No. I mean, we should keep it. 1270 00:52:20,540 --> 00:52:22,500 Run the bloody things, then. With a big graphic. 1271 00:52:22,500 --> 00:52:23,940 "First on the scene." Oh! 1272 00:52:23,940 --> 00:52:24,180 "First on the scene." If it bleeds, it leads. 1273 00:52:24,180 --> 00:52:25,780 If it bleeds, it leads. 1274 00:52:25,780 --> 00:52:28,020 And the approach taken by the network in question 1275 00:52:28,020 --> 00:52:29,820 represents a troubling new low. 1276 00:52:29,820 --> 00:52:31,580 Mostly they're complaints about you! 1277 00:52:34,580 --> 00:52:36,100 Captions by Red Bee Media 1278 00:52:36,100 --> 00:52:37,980 Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation